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AP 2010-09-23

1. Officials in Bermuda are expected to begin assessing the damage from Hurricane Igor at daybreak. The category-1 storm blew through the island overnight, bringing down trees and power lines. Igor is now forecast to veer northeast away from the Unit

CNN 2010-09-21

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CNN 2010-09-18

But when you were appointed chief executive three years ago, you were quoted as saying you were going to focus, I think the term was, laser-like on safety. On your watch as chief executive, in that three years, we have now perhaps the biggest ever oi

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NPR 2010-09-13

At this hour, some of the San Bruno, California residents whose homes were not heavily damaged by Thursday's natural gas pipeline explosion are returning to their homes. Bob Hensley of Capital Public Radio says officials may be shocked at the conditi

AP 2010-09-20

1. New foreclosure data shows lenders took back more homes in August than in any month since the start of the US mortgage crisis three years ago. Realty Trac says more than 95,000 homes were repossessed, that's a 25% increase from the same time last

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